by Craig Simpson, Telegraph
Inclusion of biological males in new guidance branded as ‘insulting to real victims’
Transgender women are at risk of female genital mutilation, the College of Policing has claimed.
New policing guidelines issued by the taxpayer-funded quango state that trans women could be forced to undergo female genital mutilation, despite them being biologically male.
The suggestion that they might be forced to suffer mutilation specifically intended for young girls has been branded as “insulting” to victims.
Female genital mutilation, which is illegal in the UK, includes the removal of the labia, clitoris and the almost total sealing of the vagina.
The College of Policing’s claims appear in guidance for officers investigating “honour-based abuse”, which sets out details of female genital mutilation protection orders, which are court orders officers can seek to protect potential victims.
Introduced in August, the guidance states that “as well as women and girls”, these orders protect “any other person who has female genitalia… and is at risk of harm from these practices and procedures”.
This includes “intersex, non-binary, trans men and women, with or without a gender recognition certificate”.
The college is now reviewing the guidance following the UK Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under the Equality Act 2010.